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ABMs Make For Much Tension Part One
Moscow, April 18, 2008 On par with NATO's expansion, deployment of a U.S. missile defense system has already become the most sensitive issue in Russia's relations with the West. When discussing the political side of this issue, many forget about its military-technical and operational aspects, which override everything else. U.S. missile defense has two directions. The first one is theater missile ... more Russia says missile shield concerns undiminished: reports 
Moscow (AFP) April 22, 2008Russian concerns over US plans to site parts of an anti-missile shield in Europe have not been allayed despite US claims to the contrary, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying Tuesday. "Several people representing the United States, briefing their NATO partners, have given the impression that all of Russia's problems have been resolved," Lavrov was quoted as saying by Interfax ... more Outside View: Su-34 strategy -- Part 1 
Moscow, April 22, 2008 Russia's rearmament program, approved in 2006 for a period until 2015, provides for supplying modern weapons to its armed forces. One of them is the Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber, which will replace the Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers. The process has begun, but some say the replacement is taking too long. The new fighter-bomber is said to be very good. An improvement on the Sukhoi ... more Baku says Russian nuclear delivery to Iran halted 
Baku (AFP) April 22, 2008Azerbaijan said on Tuesday it had detained a Russian shipment intended for the Iranian nuclear power plant under construction at Bushehr due to concerns that it might violate UN sanctions. Foreign ministry spokesman Khazar Ibragim told AFP that Azerbaijan had stopped the shipment at its border with southern neighbour Iran because Russia had failed to provide detailed information on its ... more Analysis: EU and Central Asian gas 
Washington, April 22, 2008 The European Union, gazing hungrily at Central Asia's vast oil and natural gas deposits, has long sought to weaken Russia's grip over Caspian exports. Now the EU has succeeded in getting its nose under the Turkmen tent, and in Moscow Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller must be drowning his sorrows, as Russia provides about 40 percent of the EU's natural gas imports. On April 9 ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) April 21, 2008 China's intelligence agency has reinforced its infiltration activities in Europe, North America, Japan and Russia in recent years. An analysis of numerous cases leads to the conclusion that China has shifted its tactics in recruiting citizens of Western countries. Beijing has abandoned the traditional approach of ideological persuasion, turning instead to the use of blackmail, women and ... more Russia Needs Billions More To Complete It's ISS Segment 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 14, 2008Russia will need an additional $5 billion to finish the construction of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) by 2015, the head of Russia's rocket and space corporation Energia said Friday. The ISS is a joint project of space agencies from the United States, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan. The orbital station is likely to remain operational until 2020. "So far, we have all ... more Russia To Create Manned Assembly Complex In Orbit 
Moscow (XNA) Apr 14, 2008Russia is going to create a manned assembly complex in orbit, the chief of the Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov said here on Saturday. "We shall create this complex in order to make dockings in orbit, build craft there and send them to the Moon, Mars and other planets," Perminov was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as telling a new briefing. "This proposal was on the wh ... more New Russian Telecoms Satellite Starts Work 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 16, 2008Russia's new Express-AM33 telecommunications satellite that was orbited in late January has started operations, the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) said on Tuesday. The satellite, designed by the Reshetnev Applied Mechanics Science and Production Association to provide TV and satellite communications all over Russia, was launched on board a Proton-M carrier rocket from the ... more |
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London (AFP) April 17, 2008The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said Thursday it would offer 135 million euros (215 million dollars) to help finance a new sarcophagus around the Chernobyl reactor, scene of the world's worst nuclear accident. An EBRD spokesman told AFP the bank would contribute to a global fund to finance a safe enclosure at the facility, located in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine ... more Foreign powers mull 'incentives' for Iran during nuclear talks 
Washington (AFP) April 16, 2008Talks in China on Iran's nuclear program are focusing on possible "incentives" rather than purely punitive measures against Tehran, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters Wednesday. Representatives for the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Germany, China and the European Union are -- "following up on the recommendations of the foreign ministers to look at the incentive ... more NATO chief urges Russia to reverse decision on Georgia regions 
Brussels (AFP) April 16, 2008NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday called on Russia to reverse its decision to boost ties with the Georgian separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. "I am deeply concerned by the actions Russia has taken to establish legal links with the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia," the NATO chief said in a statement. "I urge the Russian Federation to ... more Outside View: Why a Russia-Iran gas fight? 
Moscow, April 15, 2008 Iran has stepped up its diplomatic activity, suggesting that its conflict with the West over its nuclear program is losing momentum, and the use of military force to settle it is no longer the only option. Americans, who are preparing for presidential elections, are more concerned about Iraq and the mortgage crisis. But when analyzing the situation from the Russian perspective ... more
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